God calls us in order for us to be in a personal relationship with Him. Why is it that we want to keep Christ at a distance in our lives.

Not A Fan: Choosing Intimacy
1/21/2018 Psalm 139:1-18 Luke 7:36-50
Some of the ideas in this sermon came from Kyle Idleman’s series Fan or Follower which we did at our church.
We are in our third message in our series Not A Fan. We have looked at “Fan or Follower”, an “Open Invitation,
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God knows each one of us personally. Not just the Saints but the sinners too. God knows every human being on the planet personally. Today we are at 7.2 Billion people in the world. Yet our God knows them all Personally

Message:
Last week we looked into God’s word to discover He lives with in it. We identified God as FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT.
One God but Three persons called a TRINITY. We learned that GOD is HOLY and that GOD is the BEGINNING and the END.
We discovered that the HOLY SPIRIT is alive in the
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Have you ever felt like someone was avoiding you? They don't pick up the phone when you call or when they see you coming they turn and run the other way. Don't feel bad, people try to do that with God. But it's pointless to think we can really avoid God.

GOD IS UNAVOIDABLE
Have you ever felt like someone was avoiding you? They don't pick up the phone when you call or when they see you coming they turn and run the other way. There can be different reasons for this. Perhaps you talk too much and they don't want to be trapped into having a long
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Teaching through Psalm 139 showing how God's divine attributes guide us through life

Even There
CCCAG March 19th, 2017
Scripture: Psalm 139:1-18
A pastor took his minivan into the dealer for an oil change. The waiting room was empty except for him and one other man. The pastor struck up a conversation with the other man, and after a while, the topic of President’s Day came up.
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It is easy to get caught up in the pressure of striving to please others, but our lives are actually meant to be lived in worship of God, not seeking the approval of man. In Christ we are fully known and fully loved, something no one else could ever offer

Well… I just wanna welcome everyone here to Embrace…
Whether you’re in Tea… or at St. Croix…
Whether you’re… in Downtown Sioux Falls… or at Sertoma.
Whether you’re in Salem, South Dakota…
or at the McCrosson Boys Ranch.
Whether you’re at 57th
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SEARCH ME, O LORD (PSALMS 139)
An atheist complained to a Christian friend, ¡§Christians have their special holidays, such as Christmas and Easter; and Jews celebrate their holidays, such as Passover and Yom Kippur; Muslims have their holidays. EVERY religion has its holidays. But we atheists,¡¨
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This is a eulogy for a 29 year old man killed in a car accident. He had made a decision to follow Christ but became a prodigal son. He was on his way from his prodigal experience when he died.

Deangelo Ward
11-8-2016
It was the year 1986. Shell and Exxon gave us gasoline for 86 cents a gallon. Boxing gave us Mike Tyson as the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of all time. Ford gave us a brand new mustang for $7,990, and Whitney Houston gave us the song “the Greatest Love of
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If God knows me so well, how could he possibly love me? Yet, scripture says he loves us completely, even though he knows our every thought, motive, and word before we do. Not only does he know and love us, he protects and guides us. We have a great God!

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
Knowing the God Who Knows You
Sometimes we doubt God’s love for us. Sure he loves the whole world, but does he love me? If God is a perfect God (and he is), and if I’m not perfect (and I’m not), how is it that an all-perfect God would even want to know
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This is just an outline about we are vaulable to God. A baby is not a choice its a child

Sermon The Human Life is Valuable to God
Luke 12:7
I. We (humans) are valuable because God knows us. Fear the Lord Not Man
there are things to fear in life, some very serious things. However, there is a vast difference between what men usually fear and what God says to fear. The things men
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God knows everything, both good and bad
He knows everything about us but still loves us.
God loves us as we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way.

TITLE: God Knows
TEXT: Psalm 139:1-6
INTRO: When we lived in NC, people had an expression they used when they didn't understand something, they would say, "God Knows." That's true, of course because God is Omniscient He knows everything, including some things you might wish He didn't know
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Considering the wonders of God, and the resulting sense of awe, is the foundation for our response of worship to Him

Football season! Cold nights. Hot chocolates in the stands. Cider donuts from Edward’s Orchard. Sunday afternoon armchair quarterbacking. Some people get pretty caught up in all of it.
Have you ever noticed the way that every stadium is put together, no matter what the sport, the
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Psalm 139
Introduction:
I. You are Known
a. Vs 1-6
b. How well does God know you (omniscience)
i. He knows all your activity
ii. He knows your every thought
iii. He knows your plans, path and direction
iv. He knows your personality- Intimately acquainted
v. He knows what your about to
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It is a sermon about King David and his knowledge that no matter what, God was with him. That even though he was a sinner, he could go before God with his broken and contrite heart and receive forgiveness.

The apostle Paul writes to the Church in Rome and in the 8th Chapter of that missive he says: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL DAY
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